1. China... from the Sea: The Importance of Chinese Naval History
- Author:
- Benjamin Armstrong
- Publication Date:
- 12-2007
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Institution:
- Center for Contemporary Conflict
- Abstract:
- Since the fall of the Soviet Union, China has become a source of increased focus for military strategists and policy-makers throughout the West and most especially in the United States. With the largest army in the world and obvious aspirations to, at the very least, regional power they mark one of the most significant potential threats to American military supremacy. Studies of China's martial past have been included in the professional reading of many officers in the United States Armed forces. However, there is still one common misperception with regard to China's military history. China, despite what many have written, has an important naval heritage. This heritage may not have been central to the study of Chinese history in the past; however it is important for study in the future. The Chinese government itself has included examples from this history as inspiration for their modern policy and strategy. With this fact in mind it is of vital importance that historians and strategists understand China's naval past.
- Political Geography:
- United States, China, America, and Soviet Union